Frat brothers plead not guilty to hazing death

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. 
Two San Luis Obispo fraternity brothers have pleaded not guilty to charges in the alleged hazing death of a university freshman from Texas.

Carson Starkey of Austin was found dead in December with a blood-alcohol level between 0.39 percent and 0.44 percent.

Police say the 18-year-old pledge had to drink a bag full of alcoholic beverages as part of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity pledging process at California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo. The fraternity has been suspended.

Twenty-year-old Haithem Ibrahim of Lafayette 22-year-old Zacary Ellis of San Luis Obispo pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of felony hazing causing death and misdemeanor furnishing alcohol to a minor causing death.